Game.



A. GHOLEWA.

GAME.

APPLICATION IYILBD DEC. 22, 1913.

1,1 12,769. Patented 001;. 6, 1914.

I I llllllllllNblllH l I Witnesses.- 52% y a/afl ANTON OHOLEWA, OF BERLIN-WILMERSDORF, GER1VIANY.

GAME.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 6, 1914.

Application filed. December 22, 1913. Serial No. 808,300.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ANTON CHoLnwA, a subject of the German Emperor, and resident of Pfalzburgerstrasse 32, Berlin-W'ilmersdorf, German have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Games, ofv

which the followin is a specification.

My invention relates to a game resembling roulette.

The characteristic feature of the game according to the present invention resides in that a plurality of fans are simultaneously caused to rotate by a current of air set up by the rotation of another separate propeller the positions of rest of the respective fans from time to time being capable of comparison by means of numbers or other such signs.

The propeller which produces the current of air for driving the fans is suitably caused to rotate by means of clockwork or other equally appropriate source of power. The propeller might also be driven obviously by hand through the medium of a driving cord or the like.

One form of carrying into effect the game according to the present invention is illustrated as an example in the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 being a plan, and Fig. 9. a side view while Fig. 3 shows to an enlarged scale a vertical section through the operating clockwork. Fig. 4% being a horizontal section on the line TI of Fig. 3 and Fig. 5 showing a detail to an enlarged scale.

Referring to the drawing upon a spindle 2, mounted in a foundation board or plate 1, is secured an air propeller or fan 3 having two or more blades. Arranged in a circle around the propeller 3 are a plurality of, or as shown six fans l of smaller diameter freely mounted upon rigid pins 5. The blades of the smaller fans are so shaped that these fans are caused to rotate by the current of air set up by the larger propeller 3.

During play the propeller 3 is caused to rotate for some time whereby naturally all the fans a will also be caused to rotate. The fans a are then allowed to continue rotating until they come automatically to rest whereupon the posit-ion of each separate fan is compared with relation to a numbered disk 6 or such like marking device arranged beneath each fan 4. The position of each separate one of the fans t can then be valued according to any desired rules of the game for instance in a manner similar to that employed in the game of roulette.

In order to insure as far as may be pos sible that the blades of the fans 4; shall al ways come to rest above one of the signs arranged beneath them a rigid sleeve 7 is forced over the pins 5 of the fans 14 (see Fig. 5) and provided upon its upper face with a series of fine teeth after the manner of a crown wheel. The boss 8 of each one of the fans 4 is provided on its lower face with two or three small teeth adapted to mesh with the teeth on the-sleeve 7. The number of teeth on the sleeve 7 is suit-ably made to correspond with the number of numerical signs on the disk 6.

The propeller 3 may be driven by hand through the medium of a crank or a driving cord. Nevertheless a clockwork or other such suitable source of power is conveniently employed to drive the propeller 3.

According to the example illustrated in the drawing the spindle 2 is driven by clockwork of any desired suitable construction mounted in a casing 9.

For winding the clockwork, the propeller 3 itself is utilized. By giving the propeller 3 a few turns by hand the spring 10 of the clockwork will be put under tension by the transmitting spur-wheels 11, 12, 13 and 14. The propeller 3 upon being released will then continue to be rotated by the clockwork until the latter runs down. The formation construction or arrangement of the game as a whole as well as the means for driving the propeller 3 may be varied within wide limits. The essential feature is that a plurality of fans are driven by a current of air set up by the rotation of a single propeller.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A game similar to roulette comprising a plurality of fans, a propeller, means to rotate said propeller, said fans being adapted to be simultaneously rotated by a current of airproduced by said propeller, and means to compare the positions of rest of said fans, substantially as set forth.

2. A game similar to roulette comprising a plurality of fans, a propeller, a clockwork for driving said propeller, said fans being adapted to be simultaneously rotated by a current of air produced by said propeller, and means to compare the positions of rest of said fans substantially as set forth.

A game similar to roulette comprising a plurality of fans, a propeller, a clockwork for driving said propeller, the latter being adapted for Winding said clockwork, said tans being adapted to be simultaneously rotated b Y a current of air produced by said propeller, and means to compare the positions of rest of said fans, substantially as set forth.

i. A game comprising in combination, a base-plate, a number of pins vertically fixed to said base-plate, a tan turnable on each of said pins, a clockwork arranged on said base-plate, a vertical shaft driven by said clockwork, and a propeller firmly fixed to 5 said vertical shaft, said fans being adapted to be simultaneously rotated by a current of air produced by said propeller and a number of signs arranged beneath each of said fans, substantially as set forth.

in testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name this 29th day oi November, 1913, 111 the presence of tWo subscribing wit- Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, I). G. 

